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   Herwig Bauernfeind to All   
   Re: New USB host controller drivers: usb   
   26 Jul 11 07:54:14   
   
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   From: Herwig Bauernfeind    
      
   Lars,   
      
   will try rev 10 and if that also hangs, I will setup a dump partition as    
     described.   
      
   Regards,   
   Herwig   
      
   Lars Erdmann schrieb:   
   > Would you be willing to set up tracing and do a system dump if it hangs ?   
   > That would allow me to add tracepoints to USBEHCD.SYS at the appropriate    
   > places and to analyze from the dump where exactly it hangs.   
   >    
   > If yes, this is how you set up a dump partition:   
   > 1.) Create a partition > the physical size of your memory and give it a    
   > drive letter, say X: (for what follows)   
   > 2.) Get http://www.os2site.com/sw/drivers/filesystem/dumpfs.zip   
   > 3.) Copy udumpfs.dll to \os2\dll, copy dumpfs.ifs to \os2\boot, save    
   > \os2dump and copy os2dump.hd to \os2dump   
   > 4.) add "IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\DUMPFS.IFS" to config.sys (C: being your boot    
   > drive). You might need to shift around this statement. I seem to    
   > remember it has to be the last IFS   
   > 5.) add "TRAPDUMP=R0,X:" to config.sys (without quotes)   
   > 6.) reboot   
   > 7.) do a "format X: /FS:DUMPFS" to format the dump partition   
   > 8.) reboot   
   >    
   > You can also read this:   
   > http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.os.os2.bugs/   
   007-09/msg00032.html    
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > Now you are basically set up to do a dump. In order to do a trace you    
   > also need to set up tracing. For USBEHCD.SYS, the trace code is 226 (0xE2):   
   >    
   > 9.) add "TRACEBUF=512 /M=WRAP,QUEUED,NODTI /D=ALL" to config.sys   
   > 10.) add "TRACE=ON 226" to config.sys   
   > 11.) reboot   
   >    
   > Now, when the system reboots and hangs, hit Ctrl-Alt-NumLock-NumLock to    
   > initiate a system dump. Let the system dump finish.   
   >    
   > 12.) reboot, make sure you boot from a maintenance partition, CD-ROM or    
   > alternate config.sys (without USB) so that it does not hang again   
   > 13.) Now you will need pmdf.exe to extract the trace info from the    
   > system dump: do a "\os2\pdpsi\pmdf.exe" to open the dump formatter   
   > 14.) Do a file open on X:\ and select the dump file   
   > 15.) You can now enter commands in the command line at the very bottom    
   > of the pmdf window. Enter ".ts c:\trace.raw" to save the trace buffer to    
   > file c:\trace.raw. I will need this file to have a look at the trace info.   
   >    
   >    
   > Lars   
   >    
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > "Herwig Bauernfeind"  schrieb im    
   > Newsbeitrag    
   > news:4e23f29a$0$18692$91cee783@newsreader03.highway.telekom.at...   
   >> Lars Erdmann schrieb:   
   >>> have updated the USB host controller drivers    
   >>> USBUHCD.SYS,USBOHCD.SYS,USBEHCD.SYS.   
   >>> I have now placed these on hobbes.   
   >>> They will eventually make it into directory:   
   >>> /pub/os2/system/drivers/misc   
   >>>   
   >>> I am currently working on getting isochronous transfers to work for    
   >>> USBEHCD.SYS (USB 2.0): webcams for example ...   
   >>> There is a LOT of changes and fixes since 10.170 (usbxhcd8.zip).   
   >>>   
   >>> Lars   
   >>>   
   >> While version 8 just worked perfectly, version 9 hangs the machine    
   >> during boot. If I disable "Legacy" and "USB 2.0" in BIOS setup, the    
   >> machine boots, but neither keyboard now mouse work with version 9.   
   >>   
   >> This is a Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 9702 with a SNAP supported ATI X600    
   >> plugged in, eCS 2.0, ACPI 3.18, /PIC /SMP /R.   
   >>   
   >> Regards,   
   >> Herwig    
   >    
      
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